Civil Rights
Waving a Flag or Waving Hate? 3 Pastors and a Pastor’s Wife Tackle Confederate Symbols
I saw it as soon as we walked out of the store from our back-to-school shopping; a big…
Civil Rights
Hawaii Judge Upholds Same-Sex Marriage Ban (Honolulu Civil Beat)
Excerpt: A U.S. District Court judge in Honolulu has rejected arguments from two lesbians who said that Hawaii’s…
Civil Rights
Religious leaders denounce Arizona immigration law (BBC)
EXCERPT: June 4, 2010 – Religious leaders in the US and Latin America have denounced Arizona’s controversial new…
Civil Rights
Life as One Piece: The Legacy of Dr. Charles Teel
His passion in the classroom was the minor prophets – particularly the biblical books of Amos and Micah.…
Civil Rights
10th Circuit Rules Oklahoma Amendment Barring Islamic Law was Unnecessary and Discriminatory
OKLAHOMA -The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s ruling that blocked the implementation…
Civil Rights
California Governor to sign workplace religious dress and grooming bill
California Governor Jerry Brown is expected to sign workplace religious accommodation legislation this weekend. AB 1964 will amend…
Church and State
Attack on Independent Judiciary Likely to Intensify Following Davis’ Release
Even though the Court has granted accommodation requested by Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, eliminating an independent judiciary…
Civil Rights
Celebrating California’s New Religious Freedom Law (Washington Post)
Rajdeep Singh writes in the Washington Post about AB1964, recently signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown.…
Civil Rights
Supreme Court Rules Closely-Held Corporations Have Religious Rights
Most business owners set up corporations as legal alter-egos to avoid being held personally responsible if their businesses…
Current Events
Giving An Account: William Wilberforce and the Abolition of the Slave Trade
By David C. Read – [dc]W[/dc]illiam Wilberforce (1759-1833) was the grandson of a British merchant who had made…